109 quotes found
“Keep still and your troubles find you. I might not have known much about the unborn, but I sure as hell knew about running!”
“Train, don't strain.”
“Lunch can wait. Everything can wait. Time to run.”
“I love the laughter of this night. Our footsteps run, and I don't want them to end. I want to run and laugh and feel like this forever. I want to avoid any awkward moment when the realness of reali...”
“Every race proves a new opportunity to educate myself about what it means to be a runner and what it means to run.”
“Step my step, mile by mile. These were my medals and I had worked hard for each and every one of them and no matter what happened, no matter who horrible I felt on race day, those medals represent ...”
“The sunrise was the most amazing part of the day. The quiet of the block seemed even more silent when I watched the light make its way effortlessly into the world. Its serenity bathed itself in the...”
“If it's a nod from society you're looking for, run a marathon. But if it's a life-changing experience of personal strength and perseverance that you want, finish an ultra.”
“Running is a simple activity. Just lace up your shoes and go, one step at a time, like each breath.”
“When he ran, he even loved the pain, the hurt of the running, the burning in his lungs and the spasms that sometimes gripped his calves. He loved it because he knew he could endure the pain, and ev...”
“As a runner, you have to face the truth about yourself on a regular basis, and it makes you more honest. You can't pretend to be faster than you are. You can't pretend that you are better prepared ...”
“Here I am I am tired I am tired of running of having to carry my life like it was a basket of eggs”
“Everyones running from something.”
“...I couldn't see him anymore, and I couldn't see anybody, and I knew what the loneliness of the long-distance runner running across country felt like, realizing that as far as I was concerned this...”
“The marathon will humble you. But the truth is, sometimes it will do more than humble you. Sometimes it will break your heart.”
“So as soon as I tell myself I'm the first man ever to be dropped into the world, and as soon as I take that first flying leap into the frosty grass of an early morning when even birds haven't the h...”
“You ran to eat and to avoid being eaten; you ran to find a mate and impress her, and with her you ran off to start a new life together. You had to love running or you wouldn't live to love anything...”
“Don't fight the trail, take what it gives you. If you have a choice between one step or two between rocks, take three.”
“Goucher *never* eats lunch. If he is hungry, he will have a granola bar or another light snack. The guys, especially Reese, kid him that he does not eat enough. He used to eat more. Standing 5'9" t...”
“In the novelist's profession, as far as I'm concerned, there's no such thing as winning or losing. Maybe numbers of copies sold, awards won, and critics' praise serve as outward standards for accom...”
